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SUBMITTER: Huy C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4168370 | biostudies-other | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Huy C C Loerbroks A A Hornemann A A Röhrig S S Schneider S S
Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde 20120401 4
<b>Purpose:</b> The true prevalence of gestational diabetes in Germany is unknown. Thus, the study's purposes were to estimate the prevalence of gestational diabetes as well as to describe the temporal prevalence trend and to identify determinants. <b>Material and Methods:</b> We calculated prevalence estimates based on two datasets: the register-based German perinatal statistic (n = 650 232) and the maternal self-reports from the German children and youth health survey (KiGGS; n = 15 429). Diff ...[more]